Professional Documents
Culture Documents
• Organizational analysis
• Organizational diagnosis
• Job design
The process of organizing
• The process of organizing can be described as the design, development
and maintenance of a system of coordinated activities in which
individuals and groups of people work cooperatively under leadership
towards commonly understood and accepted goals.
• The process of organizing may involve the redesign of the total structure,
but most frequently it is concerned with the organization of particular
functions and activities and the basis upon which the relationships
between them are managed.
The process of organizing
• An important aim of organizational design is to achieve the ‘best fit’
between the structure and these circumstances. An attempt has to be
made to ensure that the growth of the organization does
not produce unwieldy, unmanageable or inappropriate structures.
• define how work should be organized to achieve that purpose, including the
use of technology and other work processes;
• define as precisely as possible the key activities involved in carrying out the
work;
Aim of organizational design
• group these activities logically together to avoid unnecessary overlap or
duplication;
• build flexibility into the system so that organizational arrangements can adapt
quickly to new situations and challenges;
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Conducting organization reviews
• An analysis, as described in the next section, of the existing
arrangements and the factors that may affect the organization now and in
the future.
• The analysis should cover what is and is not being done, who is doing it
and where, and how much is being done.
• Use of abilities – the job must be perceived as requiring them to use abilities
they value in order to perform the job effectively
• Self-control – individuals must feel that they have a high degree of self-control
over setting their own goals and over defining the paths to these goals.